He was at one time a rural practitioner in Surrey (Dedication of Art of Angling).

He had originally hoped to become a rural practitioner traveling to remote villages that had no doctor and helping to treat underprivileged patients.

His father was a rural general practitioner who involved Burch as a child and teenager in his medical practice, instilling a sense of the excitement and compassion of medicine.

Similarly, some state Medicaid programs (for poor people and people with disabilities) have pilot programs using telecommunications to connect rural practitioners with subspecialty therapists.

The RACGP National Rural Faculty, representing more than 8000 members, has the largest rural general practitioner membership of any medical organisation in Australia.

Founded by experienced rural practitioners, BASIX was a result of their conviction that developmental work needs to be carried out in a sustainable manner.

He was rural private practitioner for several years as well as a personal physician to Koirala; the first elected Prime Minister of Nepal, from 1980 to 1982.

Also, more rural practitioners were board-certified (78%) compared to suburban and urban practitioners (59% and 60% respectively).

HRSA's telehealth program uses information technology to link isolated rural practitioners to medical institutions over great distances.

The women become rural medical practitioners and counselors.